Smashed Paper Roses

How do ya like 'dem Roses?

Once again, it's Quilling and Stamping combined!!  Judy Marshall made this Tutorial..... She started out by quilling the roses from scraps and then when finished, realized they wouldn't fit in the envelope and so came up with plan B... just smash those little suckers!

Purchase a quilling tool from you local craft store, if you can't find any of these little tools near you I'm sure you could make your own by snipping off eye of a tapestry needle and inserting it in a soft wood dowel.

 

I punched out circles from scraps, these are really small roses.....Then I cut the circle in a spiral to the centre...

So I basically cut with my scissors in a spiral, just randomly and left a little piece at the end for a glue dot...this is what it looks like when I'm finished cutting.

 

I insert my quilling tool on the very tip of the outside edge and start to roll.....

and roll.......

and roll.....

When I'm finished rolling it all up,

I let it rest on my finger tip to let it relax and unroll just a bit ...

Then I place a glue dot on the end....

And press it gently so that it catches the rolled layers

of the flower at the base.

 

This is what it looks like....pretty eh?

This is me looking at it and thinking that it's going

to be a very lumpy envelope.....

 

And here is where I spotted my Tombow and thought hmmmm....

Here's me really applying pressure with the bottom of the

tombow to smash my pretty rose....

 

And here....gasp....the reveal!!

I love it....I think it's beautiful and it will fit into the envelope as well!

This is a picture of a 3/4" Wisteria Wonder smashed rose...

it's pretty just as it is or would be lovely with a dab of

Dazzling Details, or Dazzling Diamonds or even a pearl in the centre.

This is just to show you the two sizes I used for the anniversary card and of course those roses were all in white. You could make them any size but the bigger the circle the bigger the smashing tool would be...even the bottom of a jar would work great.

 

Here's the finished rose that's got the En Francais script stamped on it...so pretty!

Here's a a little grouping of the smashed roses, as you can see they turn out a little different every time! Remember, don't throw out your scraps...they are perfect for making these little gems!